Bishop is Panelist at the February 13th Public Hearing to combat the (so-called) Missouri Civil Rights Initiative
This public hearing has been organized as part of a broad-based, grassroots public education campaign to be sure Missouri Voters know what this anti-civil rights initiative is all about. The hearings are organized by the St. Louis Workers' Rights Board, a project of the St. Louis Area Jobs with Justice Coalition, with FOCUS St. Louis, National Conference for Community and Justice - St. Louis, Missouri ACORN, the American Civil Liberties Union, the AFL-CIO, Metropolitan Congregations United for St. Louis, Metropolitan Organization for Racial and Economic Equality in Kansas City and more. We voted at our Diocesan Convention in November 2007, to oppose this Missouri Civil RIghts Initiative and so we must participate and appear at this event: Ward Connerly, a well known, wealthy California political operative, is trying to amend Missouri's Constitution and ban affirmative action in our state through an initiative petition. Connerly is targeting Missouri and four other states during the 2008 presidential election. There will be a state-wide public hearing and kick-off of the Decline to Sign campaign on Wednesday, February 13, at 6:30 p.m. at Harris Stowe State College Auditorium, at 3026 Laclede, 63103. Parking is available at Market and Compton. If you would like more copies of the printed brochure, please contact Aaron Burnett or Katrina Molnar at STL Jobs with Justice, aaron@stl-jwj.org or katrina@stl-jwj.org or 644-0466. The Bishop hopes that many people from the Episcopal Diocese of Missouri will attend the Hearing on February 13 - the Feast Day of Absalom Jones, the first African American Episcopal priest. http://satucket.com/lectionary/Absalom_Jones.htm Working to Empower Community Action Now or WE-CAN who is sponsoring this Public Hearing, is a coalition of faith groups, community organizations, labor and businessmen and women seeking to protect Missouri's diverse communities and education system by turning away outside interests who want to change our Constitution for political gain.
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